N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 37-0201
Legislative findings and intent

The legislature finds and declares that:

1.

The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment; and

2.

Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream; and

3.

The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total concern in light of their likely presence in emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled; and

4.

Lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern; and

5.

It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate the addition of these heavy metals to packaging; and

6.

The intent of this title is to achieve this reduction in toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of post-consumer materials in the production of packaging and its components.

Source: Section 37-0201 — Legislative findings and intent, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/37-0201 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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